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From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org>
To: "Stephen Hovey" <shovey@buffnet.net>
Cc: "ListServer FreeBSD Questions" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: RE: Cable modem ISP keeps timing out
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:28:45 -0500
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Yes, it's happening in the a.m. 0700-0900 and in 
the late evening, around 1900.  I just decided to
try an track it but don't have more than a day's
data right now.

Regards,
Doug 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hovey [mailto:shovey@buffnet.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 08:02
> To: Doug Poland
> Subject: Re: Cable modem ISP keeps timing out
> 
> 
> 
> Sounds to me like you IP license expires - it happen around the same
> number of hours each time?
> 
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Doug Poland wrote:
> 
> > Gurus,
> > 
> > Two or three times a day I will lose my
> > "connection" to the outside world with
> > RoadRunner cable service.  I can ping
> > my NIC and cable modem but nothing else.
> > 
> > I can "reset" by doing a shutdown <ctrl> d
> > Then I get the same IP address, netmask 
> > (I think), and DNS's.  Then connectivity
> > is back.
> > 
> > So I have two questions:
> > 
> > 1. How can I re-establish connectivity
> > without re-booting.  I've tried 
> > 
> > 	# dhclient ed0
> > 
> > but I lose the IP address I did have and
> > returns an error message (sorry can't recall
> > it right now).  So I end up rebooting.
> > 
> > 2. I'd like to know what is going on so I
> > can start complaining to my cable ISP.  It's
> > mildly inconvenient when I'm at home and can
> > work on the console of the gateway.  When 
> > I'm working away from home, it's a real 
> > hassle.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Doug 
> > 
> > 
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